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As well known as | The four Trax |
Origin | Sydney, New S Wales, Australia |
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Years active | 1989 (1989)–nowadays |
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Website | humannaturelive |
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Human Nature are an Australian song grouping, which formed in 1989, with Toby Allen, Phil Burton and brothers, Andrew and Mike Tierney. Originally they were a doo-wop grouping, the 4 Trax, while the members were schoolmates. After signing with Sony Music as Human being Nature, they released their debut album, Telling Everybody, in 1996. Four of their albums have reached number one on the ARIA Albums Charts, Counting Down (May 1999), Reach Out: The Motown Tape (Nov 2005), Dancing in the Street: The Songs of Motown 2 (October 2006) and Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol Ii (August 2016). Iii other albums reached number two, Go Set up (Nov 2007), Jukebox (Oct 2014), and Romance of the Jukebox (Baronial 2018). Their superlative x hits on the related ARIA Singles Nautical chart are "Wishes" (October 1996), "Don't Say Bye" (March 1997), "Everytime Y'all Cry" (duet with John Farnham, Oct 1997), "Don't Cry" (July 1999), "Eternal Flame" (October 1999), "He Don't Love Yous" (November 2000) and "When You Say Y'all Love Me" (April 2004). Iii of their albums received multi-platinum certification from ARIA, while 4 others have received platinum, with a full shipment of over 1.6 million records in Australia, as of Apr 2011.[one]
The group have toured both nationally and internationally including every bit a support deed for Celine Dion on her Falling Into You Around the World Tour (March 1996, June 1997) and Let's Talk Most Love World Tour (1998). They too opened for Michael Jackson on the HIStory Globe Tour (December 1996, early to mid-1997). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006 they won Highest Selling Album for Attain Out: The Motown Record. In May 2009 they began a residency performing a Motown-themed evidence on the Las Vegas Strip and in April 2014 they completed their 1000th show. In November 2019 Homo Nature were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
History [edit]
Early career: The 4 Trax [edit]
Homo Nature started as the 4 Trax in Sydney in late 1989 when Toby Allen (born 1973) and Phil Burton (born 1974) joined with brothers Andrew (born 1974) and Mike Tierney (born 1977).[2] [3] They represented Hurlstone Agricultural High School as well every bit a public school in Sydneys west, in a combined regional schools concert at the Bankstown Boondocks Hall, on 27 November 1989. All four members had choir backgrounds and were inspired by groups from the Motown era, including the Four Tops. In Bankstown, they had sung The Penguins' hit "Earth Angel". Andrew later told Megan Riggs of What'due south on Highway Radio that information technology was the simply song they knew and they were encouraged to heed to more Motown groups.[four] [5]
After the elderberry three members had finished loftier school, Allen worked as a perfume salesman and studied courses in accounting and geology;[6] Andrew studied physiotherapy for two years;[7] and Burton was studying to be a music teacher.[8] Mike, the youngest member of the group, was doing his Higher School Document in his terminal twelvemonth of secondary school. The four Trax initially gave street performances in the doo-wop mode, and after winning some talent quests, they began singing professionally in clubs and built a following.[3] [9] The grouping sent demo recordings to tape labels. On a visit to Sony CEO, Denis Handlin,[3] [10] they performed an a cappella version of "People Become Set", and landed a contract.[5] [9] [11]
By 1995 the group felt the 4 Trax proper noun was dated, and so they brainstormed alternatives: Mike suggested Homo Nature.[iii] Allen said, "At first nosotros thought it was probably a chip obvious, because it's such a well-used term, but and so the more nosotros lived with that we realized that it suited u.s.. We were singing a cappella at the time, and it represented what we were about: Singing was our human nature."[4]
1996–97: Telling Everybody [edit]
On 1 March 1996 Human Nature released their starting time single, "Got It Goin' On", which reached No. 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[12] It was co-written by the Tierney brothers with their producer, Paul Begaud.[thirteen] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1996 they received their first nomination, for Best Talent for "Got It Goin' On".[xiv] They followed up with "Tellin' Everybody" in July, which reached the top 30.[12] The third single, "Wishes" (27 September), peaked at No. half-dozen and gave them their first platinum certification from ARIA.[12] [xv] [16] "Wishes" was co-written by Alan Drinking glass with its producer, Andrew Klippel (ex-fellow member of Euphoria).[three] [13]
They had opened for Celine Dion on the Australian leg of her Falling Into Yous Effectually the World Bout in March 1996.[17] They were a support act for the tour's European leg: visiting Ireland, England, France, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland in June 1997.[17] They opened for her side by side world tour, Permit's Talk About Love, in 1998, at the concerts in South Korea and Nippon.[17]
On ii December 1996 Human Nature released their debut album, Telling Everybody, which reached No. 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart and remained in the top fifty for 64 weeks.[12] Information technology besides reached the top 100 on both the German and the Japanese Albums Charts.[18] [19] Eight of its twelve tracks were produced past Begaud and the other four by Klippel.[2] [3] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, information technology "brimmed with silky smooth dance-pop and blue-eyed soul."[2] On the ARIA Stop of Year Albums Nautical chart it reached No. eleven.[20] Christie Eliezer of Billboard listed the album at number 9 in his superlative ten for the year, declaring that information technology had "Stunning R&B vocals."[21] He opined that outside Australia the group's "three strongest markets exterior are Japan, Deutschland and Taiwan."[21]
Human Nature garnered attention from Sony label mate, Michael Jackson: they were an opening act for the Australian leg of the HIStory Globe Tour in November and December 1996.[22] Mike Tierney told G Mintern of The Times in Nov, "Well its totally amazing, and a existent coup for united states and a great opportunity to showcase our music to a large number of people."[23] They continued opening for Jackson on the European leg through early on 1997.[24] They sang at venues numbering over 100,000 people,[25] and at Wembley Stadium for three nights.[11] In an interview in July 2009 with Radar Online'southward reporter, Andrew described touring with Jackson: "[it] was an incredible suspension for us... We learned and so much from seeing him perform that many times and experienced things that have shaped us into the entertainers we are today. He was the ultimate artist and so inspiring."[24] In Apr and May 1997 they toured United Kingdom supporting local girl group, Eternal.[26] In June 1998 they issued a VHS, Man Nature - Telling Everybody... The Story, produced and directed by Ross Wood, which contained footage of their European and Japanese 1997 tours supporting Dion, Jackson and Eternal.[27] [28]
Additional singles from Telling Everybody are "Don't Say Goodbye" (March 1997, No. viii), "Whisper Your Name" (Baronial, No. 18), and "People Get Ready" (November, top 40).[12] [sixteen] [29] The album achieved triple-platinum status in 1997.[30] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 they received nominations for Best Popular Release and Producer of the Yr (Begaud) for "Telling Everybody", Highest Selling Single for both "Don't Say Farewell" and "Wishes", and Breakthrough Artist – Album for Telling Everybody.[14] At the ceremony, in September, they debuted their unmarried, "Everytime You Weep", which was a duet with John Farnham.[2] [14] In the following month Human Nature undertook their ain national concert tour.[xi]
1998–99: Counting Down [edit]
Homo Nature and Farnham'southward duet single, "Every Time You Cry", peaked at No. three and stayed for fifteen weeks in the ARIA top 50.[12] [31] The group received a nomination at the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 for Producer of the Year for Begaud's work on "Whisper Your Name" and another for Highest Selling Single (with Farnham) for "Every Fourth dimension You Cry".[xiv] They afterwards performed with Farnham on his I Can't Believe He'due south 50 Tour in Apr–May 1999.[ii] [32] In Dec 1998 they supported Janet Jackson's tour of Australia.[2]
Their second album, Counting Down, was released on 25 May 1999, which consists of sessions recorded in Sydney, London, and Los Angeles, and used the production squad from the kickoff album, along with international songwriters and producers.[2] [3] [33] Information technology debuted at number one on the ARIA charts, remained in the height 50 for 26 weeks and was certified platinum by the end of the following year.[12] [34] McFarlane described it as "smooth R&B pop".[2] Eliezer declared that its number-i status "sent the correct point to other territories virtually the vocal quartet."[35]
"Every Time You lot Weep" was included on the album and five other singles charted in the ARIA elevation 40: "Vicious" (September 1998, No. 14), "Last to Know" (March 1999, No. 14), "Don't Cry" (July, No. five), "Eternal Flame" (October, No. 8) – a cover version of the 1989 hit by The Bangles – and "Be There with You" (April 2000, No. 40)[12] Andrew and Michael co-wrote "She's Taken My Words" – the B-side for "Last to Know" – which was used as the theme song for Australian feature pic, Paperback Hero (March 1999).[36] Human Nature were the beginning Australian grouping, and as of October 2007, the just 1 to have half-dozen height 40 hits from the one anthology.[37] All except "Be At that place with You" received gold certification in Australia.[38]
Human Nature appeared in an Australian concert tour of symphonic versions of Beatles' songs, conducted by George Martin.[iii] In October 1999 they had roles in a stage version of Happy Days: The Loonshit Mega-Musical, playing a 1950s vocal group, the Naturals.[two] [16] [39] [forty] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999 they were nominated for Best Popular Release for Counting Down; Producer of the Year (Paul Begaud) for "Now That I've Found You", "Depend on Me", "Concluding to Know", "Be There with You"; and Highest Selling Unmarried for "Last to Know".[14]
2000–03: Cocky-titled and greatest hits albums [edit]
Human being Nature's 3rd anthology was eponymously titled and released on i Dec 2000.[3] It was recorded in Sydney, London, Stockholm, Los Angeles and New York.[iii] Information technology included "Information technology'due south Gonna Be a Long Dark" which was co-written past the Tierney brothers with Gary Barlow of Have That.[13] Its lead single, "He Don't Dear You lot" (November 2000), reached the Pinnacle 20 in the UK Singles Chart[41] and No. seven in Australia to become the second best selling Australasian single for that year.[12] Tim Cashmere of Undercover Media described their "clean cut image that appeals to teens with total parental approval."[42]
On 15 September Human Nature performed the Australian National Anthem at the opening ceremonies of the 2000 Summer Olympics with singer Julie Anthony and musician James Morrison. In November they made a guest advent on the Australian Television set soap opera, Neighbours, where they sang "He Don't Love Yous" at Erinsborough High's debutante brawl, and "Wishes" a cappella at the brawl's after party.
On 16 Nov 2001 Man Nature released their first greatest hits album, Hither & Now: The Best of Human Nature, featuring 17 tracks, iii of which had not been on previous albums. It reached No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[12] Their single, "Always Exist With You", peaked in the top 30.[eleven] [12] Its related music video featured a comic character, Guido Hatzis.[43] At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 "He Don't Love You" was nominated for Highest Selling Single and All-time Video (directed past Marking Hartley).[14]
From Baronial 2002 to early 2003 Allen portrayed the Emcee in a production of the musical, Cabaret.[3] [44] He used temporary tattoos and dyed black hair; in a stark contrast to the "clean-cut" image associated with the group. Jo Roberts of The Age described how "he prowls effectually the stage like a wild animal on heat; muscular, handsome and lascivious with dyed black pilus, tattoos and androgynous, wet, crimson lips. He'southward an centre magnet, whether eye phase or lurking in the shadows with an expression of wicked intent."[44] Allen won a Helpmann Award for his functioning.[45] For the duration of the musical play's run Human Nature were in hiatus.[3] On 25 June 2003 the group sang the national anthem at Game 2 of the Rugby League State of Origin match at Stadium Australia.[46]
2004–07: Walk the Tightrope, Motown encompass albums [edit]
Homo Nature released their fourth studio anthology, Walk the Tightrope, on 26 April 2004, which reached No. 12.[12] [47] Andrew explained, "With this tape, we wanted to take a bit of a chance, practice things we haven't done earlier. Break the Human Nature mould."[47] Cashmere felt that while it is "littered with great vocal harmonization... it's just a bummer well-nigh the songs... they oasis't exactly pushed the boundaries of artistic endeavor, but they have once again laid down some magnificent vocals backed by some of the world'south pinnacle production."[48] Amazon.com'southward editor opined that they "have never sounded improve. A blend of Bee Gees groove inspired trip the light fantastic toe floor tracks, upbeat pop numbers and gorgeous ballads."[49]
Its first single "When You Say You Love Me", co-written by Darren Hayes (ex-Roughshod Garden) and Rick Nowels, is a encompass version of Clay Aiken's anthology track.[l] [51] In Apr 2004 it reached No. 7 in Australia.[12] The rails, "Honey Is Bullheaded", was written by the Bee Gees in 1998, but it had not been previously released by whatsoever artist.[52] [53] The album also features a reworking of "Guilty (1 in a Million)" by Barry Gibb and Barbra Streisand,[53] and a cover of "To Exist with You", a 1992 hit by glam metal band Mr. Big. "Guilty" reached the summit 40.[12]
In May 2005 Allen portrayed Kenickie in, another musical, Grease The Loonshit Spectacular.[54] John Shand of The Sydney Morn Herald declared that Allen "seemed wasted" in his part.[54]
For their fifth studio album, Accomplish Out: The Motown Record (vii November 2005), the group focused on Motown cover versions.[55] AllMusic's Matt Collar found the tracks were "well-produced and reverent reworkings of the original '60s versions that should entreatment to both aficionados of Motown soul and longtime Human Nature fans."[55] Eliezer, now writing for In Music & Media, described it equally "nannabait" which provided "something of a late-career revival."[56] Burton explained their evolution, "We've gone through the Telling Everybody and the boy band phase – as you said – but now nosotros're showing everyone how we got to where we are and that's by listening to this type of music. It actually suits united states."[57]
Reach Out debuted at No. 6,[58] and, v weeks later, reached number one on the ARIA Anthology Chart; it remained in the meridian fifty for 56 weeks.[12] It peaked at No. two in New Zealand – their highest charting album outside Commonwealth of australia.[59] It received 6× Platinum certification in 2007 from ARIA for shipment of over 420,000 units.[60] In 2006 they performed across Australia on their Motown Show Tour with special guest, Doug Parkinson.[61]
Allen and Burton have each appeared in reality Idiot box shows: Allen in the fourth season of Channel 7's Dancing with the Stars (May 2006) – finishing third[62] – Burton in the second season of Nine Network's Celebrity Overhaul (Jan 2007).[63] Both Allen and Burton appeared on xix March 2006 episode of Channel ten's Australia's Brainiest serial where they competed for the title of Australia's Brainiest Musician: Burton won and Allen was a runner-upwards.[64]
On 29 October 2006 Human Nature won the ARIA Award for Highest Selling Album for Reach Out: The Motown Record.[xiv] It was their offset win from xv nominations in their 18 years together.[xiv] [57] Andrew jokingly commented that they were the "John Wood" of the ARIAs.[ need quotation to verify ] Human Nature performed at the ceremony, ARIA provided a summary, "[the] lads delivered a fine medley of Motown hits and, in their sharp bluish suits, were easily the best-dressed blokes in the room."[14]
With the success of Achieve Out, Human Nature continued with the Motown theme by releasing their sixth studio album, Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown Two, on xiii October 2006.[12] Neckband noticed that they "find a squeamish balance between updating the classic Motown sound for contemporary dance-pop fans while however remaining faithful to the original recordings."[65] Eliezer reported that with its predecessor "Motown tunes revive Human Nature."[66] It debuted at number ane on the ARIA Anthology Chart and was certified 3× Platinum for 2006.[12] [67] Dancing in the Street was nominated at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 for Best Selling Anthology.[14] They followed the album with an Australian arena tour in June and July 2007,[66] with pop vocalist, Paulini, equally the support act.[68]
On 24 November 2007 Homo Nature released their third Motown-themed album, Get Set, which featured appearances past several original Motown artists: Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and Mary Wilson (The Supremes, The Temptations). Robinson flew to Commonwealth of australia for its release, and performed with the group on Dancing with the Stars and Sunrise. The album reached number two on the ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum.[12] [sixty] Their three Motown-themed albums, with a total of 10 platinum certifications, have shipped over 700,000 copies in Australia.[60] [67]
2008–13: American breakthrough [edit]
In 2008 Human Nature performed for the first time in the U.s.a., with a 2-calendar month engagement at Atlantic Urban center'southward Tropicana Casino. In Apr they performed with Mary Wilson on the Australian Television set show, It Takes Two, where they sang ii duets from their Get Set up album: "It Takes 2" and "River Deep, Mountain High". Sony issued a compilation box set, The Motor City Collection, on nineteen April 2008 – to coincide with Wilson's duets – which peaked at No. eighteen.[12]
The group teamed upward with their previous producer Eliot Kennedy to record their ninth studio anthology, A Symphony of Hits, with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. It was released on ten November 2008, which peaked at No. x.[12] Adam Greenberg of AllMusic explained that "[t]he vocals are consistently potent, though they are undeniably of the boy band variety. There's melodramatic emotion pumped into everything here. While information technology works well for some of the ballads (the Bangles' 'Eternal Flame' in particular comes off well), information technology can seem a little much for the bouncier tracks."[69] They followed in mid-Dec with 3 performances at the Sydney Opera Business firm fronting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Guy Noble.[70] They also performed with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in Melbourne (February 2009), and the Due west Australian Symphony Orchestra in Perth (February–March).[71] [72]
In May 2009 Homo Nature became the second Australian group to have a residency on the Las Vegas Strip (The Four Kinsmen were the first, from 1996)[73] when they began a year-long engagement at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino.[74] At the premiere of the show, Smokey Robinson Presents: Man Nature, Robinson told Las Vegas Weekly reporter, Robin Leach, that "They were bigger than the Beatles in Commonwealth of australia, New Zealand and Asia. I've never met 4 harder working, finely tuned singers. They are set to become major stars here now, and I'm proud to present them in Vegas."[74]
On 12 December they returned to Commonwealth of australia for a homecoming show with Robinson and Jessica Mauboy at the Wyndham Manor winery in the Hunter Region.[75] In May 2010 the Regal Palace extended the group's engagement by ii years, and besides renamed their venue, every bit Human Nature Theatre. Las Vegas mayor, Oscar Goodman, also decreed that 11 May 2010 is to be known as Man Nature Day.[76]
Human Nature released their 9th studio anthology, Vegas: Songs from Sin City, in November 2010, which reached the ARIA top xxx.[12] Vegas contains cover versions that are either about the city or have been performed by headliners past and nowadays. Information technology includes a duet with electric current Vegas headliner, Barry Manilow. On 27 November they performed ii Elvis Presley covers, "A Fiddling Less Chat" and "Viva Las Vegas", complete with Vegas showgirls, on the final episode of Australian TV prove, Hey Hey It'south Saturday. They received a presentation honour which coincided with their 21st anniversary of performing.[ citation needed ]
In December 2010 the band embarked on the Direct from Las Vegas! Australian Symphony Bout where they visited 5 state capital cities and played with the associated state symphony orchestra.[71] Again, they worked with the Sydney, Melbourne, and West Australian Symphony Orchestras.[71] Also, for the first time, they performed with the Adelaide, Tasmanian and Queensland Symphony Orchestras.[71] [77] [78]
In celebration of their 500th show at the Imperial Palace on thirty June 2011,[79] Human being Nature recorded a full-length PBS concert special, Human Nature Sings Motown with Special Invitee Smokey Robinson at the Paris Theatre at Paris Las Vegas on half dozen–7 July.[fourscore] The special was produced by Ken Ehrlich, and was broadcast in December 2011 on 85% of the country's PBS stations. Andrew comments in their article for Las Vegas Review-Periodical, "Basically, ever since we started working in Vegas, anybody was telling the states we should do a PBS special." and that "We'd similar more than people when they go far in Vegas to have heard of Man Nature."[80] [81]
On 6 March 2012 Human Nature released a DVD of the PBS concert,[81] and also their showtime U.s.a. album, The Motown Record, featuring more Motown tracks.[eighty] Allen told Brian McCollum of the Detroit Costless Press, "Everybody loves (Motown), which is testament to what it achieved. Every bit Berry Gordy would say, they didn't seek to make just blackness music – they wanted to make music for everybody. I look out at our shows, and information technology's people from all over the globe, all genders and ages. It's pretty remarkable." and that "to take (Smokey Robinson) get involved so heavily with what we were doing was such a big justification for united states of america, that we were doing something OK with this music and not ruining it."[82] The album reached number 120 on the Billboard Top 200,[83] only reached number one on the Motown Chart, and number i on the Billboard Heatseeker Chart.[fourscore] [83]
The releases were followed by a 34-city bout to raise money for PBS affiliates and to improve awareness of the group in America.[81] Their start cease, on 24 March, was at Detroit, Michigan, the original home of Motown, at the Fisher Theatre.[82] They were too featured musical guests on 23 April broadcast of the American ABC's Dancing with the Stars, aslope Motown artists, Robinson, Martha Reeves and the Temptations.[84] The tour included visits to Chicago, Washington D.C., Boston and New York City.[85] For the east coast tour they used their Vegas bankroll band, the Funk Foundation.[80]
In December 2012 the group toured Australia, over again teaming up with symphony orchestras including the Adelaide and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras; they also performed in Sydney and the Gold Coast with Philharmonia Commonwealth of australia.[86]
Human Nature signed a two-year deal with Venetian Hotel and Casino and started residency in January 2013.[87] The grouping performs the Smokey Robinson presents Human being Nature: The Motown Show five nights a week at the Sands Showroom.[88]
2013–2018: The Christmas Album & Jukebox albums [edit]
In Nov 2013 Human being Nature released The Christmas Album,[89] which reached No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Nautical chart,[12] and No. 13 on the Billboard Elevation Heatseekers.[83] They promoted it with a 10-date Australian tour in Dec.[90] On ten April 2014 they played their 1000th show in Vegas, with Robinson joining them on stage.[91] In September they appeared on Australian TV'south Sunrise to promote their concept anthology, Jukebox, featuring cover versions of tracks from the 1950s and 1960s. Information technology debuted at No. two.[12] In 2016, the ring released Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol II. In August 2018 the band released their thirteenth studio album, Romance of the Jukebox, which peaked at number two on the ARIA Charts.
2019: Order of Australia and ARIA Hall of Fame [edit]
At the 2019 Commonwealth of australia Twenty-four hour period Honours, each of the four members of Human Nature received the Medal of the Club of Commonwealth of australia (General Partitioning), with the commendation, "for service to the performing arts as an entertainer."[92] [93] In April 2019 Man Nature celebrated their 30th anniversary with a Little More Love tour. It provided their biggest alive shows and commenced in the Gilt Declension and concluded in Sydney.[94] In November of that year the group were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame[95] and sang a medley of their tracks, "Don't Say Cheerio", "He Don't Love You", "Dancing in the Street", and "Everytime You lot Cry".[96] [97] A compilation album, titled Still Telling Everybody: 30 Years of Hits was released in November 2019 and peaked at number 3 on the ARIA Charts.
On 2 Feb 2020, the group premiered a brand new single titled "Nobody Just Like You" at the 2020 Australian Open up men'due south final.[98]
Band members [edit]
- Toby Allen – bass vocals (1989–present)
- Phil Burton – baritone vocals, keyboard, guitar (1989–present)
- Andrew Tierney – lead vocals, keyboard (1989–present)
- Michael Tierney – tenor vocals (1989–present)
Discography [edit]
- 1996: Telling Everybody
- 1999: Counting Down
- 2000: Human Nature
- 2004: Walk the Tightrope
- 2005: Attain Out: The Motown Record
- 2006: Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown 2
- 2007: Get Gear up
- 2008: A Symphony of Hits
- 2010: Vegas: Songs from Sin City
- 2013: The Christmas Album
- 2014: Jukebox
- 2016: Gimme Some Lovin': Jukebox Vol 2
- 2018: Romance of the Jukebox
Awards [edit]
ARIA Awards [edit]
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association to recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Human being Nature has achieved ane win (in 2006) from sixteen nominations. In 2019 they were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
Medal of the Gild of Australia [edit]
For the 2019 Australia Day Honours, on 26 Jan, each of the four members of Human Nature received the Medal of the Guild of Australia (General Division), with the citation, "for service to the performing arts as an entertainer."[106] [107]
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External links [edit]
- Official site
- Human Nature Las Vegas show page from Purple Palace
- Perth Music Interview
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Nature_%28band%29
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